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or veinlets, radiating from the stem and streaking the upper surface of the cap. 

 The taste, when raw, is slightly but pleasantly acid. Its favorite habitat 

 seems to be injured places on chestnut trees, and about chestnut stumps. It is 

 known as Liver Fungus, Beefsteak Fungus, Oak-Tongue, Chestnut-Tongue, etc. 

 It is found from July to October. 



I have found it plentiful about Chillicothe on chestnut stumps, and quite 

 generally over the state. I found some very fine specimens on the chestnut oaks, 

 about Bowling Green, Ohio. 



When properly prepared it is equal to any kind of meat. It is one of our 

 best mushrooms. 



Figure 318. Fistulina pallida. Natural size. 



Fistulina pallida. B. and Rav. 



Pallida means pale. Pileus kidney-shaped, pallid-red, fawn or clay-color, 

 thick at the base and thinning toward the margin, which is often crenate and 

 inflexed ; pulverulent, firm, flexible, tough ; flesh white. 



The tubes are long and slender, mouths somewhat enlarged, whitish, the tube 



